McCracken County Public Schools (MCPS) is a

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headquartered in Hendron, unincorporated McCracken County,

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. The district serves all of McCracken County except for most of the area within the city limits of Paducah, which is served by its own independent school district. However, portions of the city, especially in the west, lie within the McCracken County district, and feed either Heath or Lone Oak Middle School. There are currently eleven schools that make up the MCPS district. On August 9, 2013, a new McCracken County High School opened, combining the three previous high schools. Lone Oak Middle School moved into the former Lone Oak High building. The previous Lone Oak Middle building became Lone Oak Intermediate School, serving 4th and 5th grade students who had in the past attended Lone Oak and Hendron–Lone Oak Elementary Schools.

Schools

;High schools (grades 9 to 12) * McCracken County High School, Paducah (replaced Lone Oak,

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, and Reidland High Schools). ;Middle schools (grades 6 to 8) Through the 2011–12 school year, each of these schools fed exclusively to the high school that shared its name. Since 2012–13, they feed McCracken County High. *

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, West Paducah *

Lone Oak Middle School Lone may refer to: People *Destroy Lonely, a nickname for the artist * Lone (given name), a given name (including a list of people with this name) * Lone (musician), Matt Cutler, an electronic musician from Nottingham, United Kingdom * Lone (surn ...

, Lone Oak *

Reidland Middle School Reidland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,526 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Re ...

, Reidland Primary schools (grades K to 5) here are listed by the middle schools that they feed. ;Heath * Concord Elementary School * Heath Elementary School ;Lone Oak *

Lone Oak Intermediate School Lone may refer to: People *Destroy Lonely, a nickname for the artist * Lone (given name), a given name (including a list of people with this name) * Lone (musician), Matt Cutler, an electronic musician from Nottingham, United Kingdom * Lone (surn ...

(grades 4–5) *

Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School Hendron is a surname: *Hendron is a surname of the Scottish Clan Henderson Hendron surnamed persons: * Henry Hendron, English barrister * Máire Hendron, Northern Irish politician * Jim Hendron, Northern Irish politician * Joe Hendron, Nort ...

(K–3) * Lone Oak Elementary School (K–3) ;Reidland *

Farley Elementary School Farley may refer to: People * Farley (name) Places Antarctica * Mount Farley * Farley Massif Australia * Farley, New South Wales * Farley railway station England * Farley, Derbyshire * Farley, Staffordshire * Farley, Surrey Farleigh, s ...

Reidland Elementary School Reidland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,526 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Re ...

References

External links

McCracken County Public Schools
School districts in Kentucky Education in McCracken County, Kentucky {{Kentucky-school-stub